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In southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern coastline on the Yucatán Channel

Mexico City

capital of Mexico

Tenochtitlan

Aztec civilization capital located on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico. Founded in 1325

Conquistador

Mostly refers to a Spanish or Portuguese adventurer who was going to conquer lands in America

Viceroy

representative of the Spanish monarch appointed to enforce laws in colonial Latin America

Cuba

An island country in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos

Dominican Republic

A nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region

West Indies

A large group of islands that separate the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean

Hispaniola

where the 1st European settlement found was found on this island in 1493

Panama

The southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south

Haiti

A Caribbean Country

Puerto Rico

Located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands

Rio de Jineiro

The capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th largest in the Americas, and 26th in the world

Sao Paulo

The largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population

Buenos Aries

The capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo

Indigenous

peoples descended from an area's first inhabitants

Yucatan Peninsula

In southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern coastline on the Yucatán Channel

Mexico City

capital of Mexico

Tenochtitlan

Aztec civilization capital located on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico. Founded in 1325

Conquistador

Mostly refers to a Spanish or Portuguese adventurer who was going to conquer lands in America

Viceroy

representative of the Spanish monarch appointed to enforce laws in colonial Latin America

Cuba

An island country in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos

Dominican Republic

A nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region

West Indies

A large group of islands that separate the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean

Hispaniola

where the 1st European settlement found was found on this island in 1493

Panama

The southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south

Haiti

A Caribbean Country

Puerto Rico

Located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands

Rio de Jineiro

The capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th largest in the Americas, and 26th in the world

Sao Paulo

The largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population

Buenos Aries

The capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo